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Hotchkiss guns

Hotchkiss guns is the plural of Hotchkiss gun.

Meaning of Hotchkiss gun

Noun

Hotchkiss gun (plural Hotchkiss guns)

  1. (historical) A built-up, rifled, rapid-fire gun of oil-tempered steel, having a rectangular breechblock which moves horizontally or vertically in a mortise cut completely through the jacket.

Questions about Hotchkiss guns

What is Hotchkiss guns the plural of?
Hotchkiss guns is the plural of Hotchkiss gun.

Words near Hotchkiss guns in the dictionary

  1. Hotchin
  2. hotching
  3. Hotchkin
  4. Hotchkiss
  5. Hotchkiss gun
  6. Hotchkiss guns
  7. Hotchley Hill
  8. hotchpot
  9. hotchpotch
  10. hotchpotches
  11. hotchpots

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